Hanukkah lamp. [North Africa, late 19th or early 20th century].
Brass sheet, cut, engraved and embossed.
Lamp with backplate and side plates attached with screws (screws are of a later period). Surface of plate is decorated with vegetal and geometric patterns. In the center of backplate - decoration shaped as a Rosette. Catch basin for dripping oil. Elevated row of pinched oil fonts. Shamash is attached with a screw to backplate.
Height: 27 cm, max. width: 22 cm, max. depth: 7.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Some breaks, bends. Corrosion. Screws of a later period.